Meaning of the nameElen
- Female
- Greek origin
- E-len
Elen is a female name, a form of Helen and Helena, from Greek Helénē, a name that probably comes from a word for 'torch'.
- People (2022)
- 52,022
- Rank in Brazil
- #550
- Median age
- 22 years
- 2010 Census
- 60,470
- people
Elen in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elen, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (17,639 people).
51,701 women 321 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Elen is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elen in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 10,091 | 0.023% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,017 | 0.024% |
| Pará | 3,945 | 0.049% |
| Bahia | 3,681 | 0.026% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,644 | 0.023% |
| Paraná | 2,733 | 0.024% |
| Maranhão | 2,442 | 0.036% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,433 | 0.022% |
| Pernambuco | 2,314 | 0.026% |
| Goiás | 1,871 | 0.027% |
| Amazonas | 1,761 | 0.045% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,652 | 0.022% |
| Ceará | 1,603 | 0.018% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,148 | 0.031% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 795 | 0.024% |
| Paraíba | 764 | 0.019% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 764 | 0.028% |
| Piauí | 747 | 0.023% |
| Sergipe | 746 | 0.034% |
| Distrito Federal | 721 | 0.026% |
| Espírito Santo | 664 | 0.017% |
| Rondônia | 585 | 0.037% |
| Alagoas | 575 | 0.018% |
| Amapá | 422 | 0.058% |
| Tocantins | 409 | 0.027% |
| Acre | 251 | 0.030% |
| Roraima | 244 | 0.038% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elen
Behind the Name records Elen as the Welsh and modern Armenian form of Helen, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants of Helen. Wiktionary traces Helen to French Hélène, Latin Helena and Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), and gives Ellen as a medieval English variant of Helen. For Behind the Name, the Greek name probably comes from helene, 'torch', or perhaps is related to selene, 'moon', and the etymology remains uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 52,022 people named Elen, almost always women, with a median age of 22; proportionally, the name is most common in Amapá.
This is the shortest spelling in the group, with no initial H and a single L, and it has the most records among women born in the 2000s.
Other spellings of Elen
Sources
- Behind the Name: Elen · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Helen · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Helen · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Ellen · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Ellen · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Helen · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Elen
What does the name Elen mean?
Elen means “form of Helen, probably 'torch'”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Elen in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 52,022 people with the first name Elen, which ranks it number 550 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Elen a boy's or a girl's name?
Elen is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 51,701 women and 321 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Elen?
Elen is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Elen most common?
Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.058% of the state's population is named Elen (422 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Elen?
Ellen, Helen and Hellen. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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